The race has finished in a spectacular way, with another very close finish. With a first for the black boat and a third for us, a successful leg for the Telefónica team.
The left side of the track has been paying off hugely, more wind pressure and also the wind coming more from the left. We were hung out to dry early this morning together with Ericsson 4, we had no pressure and the three boats pipped inside us.
We just tacked with Ericsson 4 just few minutes after us. The last three hours have been a bit up and down, the wind was shifting quite a bit from something like 20 to 60 degrees TWD.
The situation hasn’t changed much; we are still holding the two Ericsson boats behind us while PUMA is 200m ahead of us. Telefónica Black has stopped gaining bearing, we’re holding steady on her while we gained quite a bit on Delta Lloyd and Green Dragon. It’s going to be pure boat speed until the shift of tonight, where the cards on the table may change.
The situation hasn’t changed much; we are still holding the two Ericsson boats behind us while PUMA is 200m ahead of us. Telefónica Black has stopped gaining bearing, we’re holding steady on her while we gained quite a bit on Delta Lloyd and Green Dragon. It’s going to be pure boat speed until the shift of tonight, where the cards on the table may change.
Here we are after another good start from Iker Martinez, we left the beautiful Stockholm together with thousands of spectator boats (again…).
Leg nine of the Volvo Ocean Race is one that the skipper and crew of Telefónica Blue would rather forget. Instead of anticipated heated racing against PUMA for second place in the event overall, Telefónica Blue became securely wedged on a rock just outside Marstrand moments after the start last Sunday and had to return to the harbour for repairs.
Finally, we have finished, but not easy. Five miles out, absolutely no breeze for a couple of minutes.
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